eschatology

[T]he message of biblical eschatology will be seriously impoverished if we do not include in it the present state of the believer and the present phase of the kingdom of God. In other words, full-orbed biblical eschatology must include what we might call "inaugurated" [present or realized] and "future" eschatology. ~ Geerhardus Vos, Biblical Theology

That is to say that our faith, the Christian faith, is eschatological. If we are to speak of it properly, we must always consider the past, the present, and the future. To amplify one over the others would be a distortion and result in incorrect conclusions.

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